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A bar owner fled to Spain after a man who is accused of murdering Lynda
Spence, the missing businesswoman, stole his car and threatened to break his
legs in a row over money, a court heard yesterday.

Patrick Burns, 35, told the High Court in Glasgow that Colin Coats had earlier
threatened to send an associate to gouge his eyes out and shoot him. The
threats were made in a dispute over the rent for Ms Spence’s parents’ home,
he said.

The court was told that Mr Burns left the country and spent more than a month
in Spain after